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Missouri Compromise
*Missouri statehood as a slave state.
*Slavery was to be forever prohibited in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase north of the 36th parallel. -
Monroe Doctrine
*The European powers were obligated to respect the Western Hemisphere as the United States' sphere of interest. -
Battle of the Alamo
*Texas revolution.
*Mexican troops attacked Alamo Mission. -
Panic of 1837
*Financial crisis in America
*Many buissnesses failed -
Trail of Tears
*Indians were forced to leave their land
*Many died as they travled without shoes or much clothing. -
Sutter's Fort
*Agriculteral and trade colony in a Mexican Province. -
Pre-Emption Act
*meant to appropriate the proceeds of the sales of public lands.
*Helped people with finding land and building a home. -
US - Mexican War
*Mexico threatened war with the United States if it annexed Texas.
*United States was interested in westward expansion. -
Bear Flag Revolt
*California was a part of Mexico, but was filled with America settlers.
*A rebellion was astablished by John C. Fremont. -
Compromise of 1850
*five separate bills passed by the United States Congress.
*defused a four-year political confrontation between slave and free states regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican-American War. -
Fugitive Slave Law
*Compromise between the North and the South.
*If a slave was found running from home, he/she was returned to their owner. -
Gadsden Purchase
*region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that was purchased by the United States. -
Bleeding Kansas
*Violent political confrontations in the United States involving anti-slavery Free-Staters and pro-slavery. -
Dred Scott Decision
*Affirming the right of slave owners to take their slaves into the Western territories.
*Residents of newly created territories could decide the issue of slavery by vote. -
Harper's Ferry
*The target of an assault by an armed band of abolitionists.
*An elaborate plan to establish an independent stronghold of freed slaves. -
states who seceded - South Carolina
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States who seceded - Mississippi
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States who seceded - Florida
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States who seceded - Alabama
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States who seceded - Georgia
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States who seceded - Texas
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States who seceded - Lousiana
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Civil War - Begining
*War against each other for the rights of slavery and their freedom. -
States who seceded - Virginia
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States who seceded - Arkansas
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States who seceded - Tennessee
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States who seceded - North Carolina
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States who seceded - Missouri
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States who seceded - Kentucky
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Emancipation Proclamation
*It changed the federal legal status.
*If a slave ran away or through federal loops, they became free. -
Gettysburg
*The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war.
*Second invasion of the North. -
Gettysburg Address
*A speech given by President Lincoln.
*A reminder of the laws from the Declaration of Independence. -
Civil War - Ending
*War against each other for the rights of Afican-Americas.
*Abloishment of slavery. -
13th Amendment
*United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude. -
14th Amendment
*The amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws.
*Response to issues related to former slaves. -
15th Amendment
*United States Constitution prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."